Well, it was worth waiting for this - my favorite post from you so far, Kathleen. Wouldn't it be amazing if we could see our own and each other's fields? I don't need to see it to believe it, though. It's real, and it's magical. I love to imagine mingling mine with the Trees' when I'm out and about with them.
Loved the Albert Einstein share and all the others, too. Have I used the word "Love" too many times in this comment??
We CAN see them. Sometimes it takes a bit of practice...
Try this:
Get a friend and put 'em in a chair, with a white wall behind them, and a lamp, a bright light behind them, with the lamp itself hidden by their bodies... so you get light all around THE PERSON. Then just dim the room lights and look. You'll likely see something fairly soon, but sometimes it takes practice. Just like if you took a photo, and a highlighter, and went all the way around the person with the highlighter. It's really quite beautiful!!! And there's a LOT of variation, even just with one person, in short time periods. So cool.
Donut worry, your clairvoyance doesn’t have to include auras. It’s maybe too much in crowds, I don’t know. I don’t see them all the time either, but I FEEL them, mostly, and I see them at certain times. You so very don’t need to SEE them, anyway! Hugs! xo xo
So sorry to read that last month was troublesome for you! You’re in good company, as it seems many Sensitive Souls are being challenged to maintain a coherent heart in the midst of discordant energies. My experience with this has been to prioritize letting go of familiar roles, attitudes and responsibilities—they seem to block the flow that wants to prepare us for whatever comes next. Thank you for sharing this timely reminder about the importance of self awareness and inner healing ❤️🩹 You’re in my prayers 🙏
"My experience with this has been to prioritize letting go of familiar roles, attitudes and responsibilities—they seem to block the flow that wants to prepare us for whatever comes next. "
That's very much in the mix for me. (In addition to big losses)
Redefining / ending relationships which has not been easy and came with a lot of push-back and confusion. Understandable. New boundaries being laid down. Learning on the fly and yes - it feels essential to what is coming.
Squeezed into surrender!
Appreciate your comment and always-reliable wisdom. Best to you. ❤️
I'm wanting to hear more about that. It feels like a time of turmoil in relationships. Isaac tells me that was in the stars for me: "Keep in mind that all the Piscean Madness is happening in your 7th House, so it will mainly be experienced through your Interpersonal Relationships and Mutual Partnerships. With the South node in your 1st House of Self, that is where you are being asked to let go during this period, and in to 2026."
I have to re-read a couple more times Issac's the report to get a better handle. I want to know this celestial map better.
Here's a bit:
"This 1st-7th-10th House Double Malefic T-Square will likely be the most challenging dynamic of your March Madness Story, Mars tends to leave a bit of a mess, even at his best behaviour, and so we imagine there might be some sort of clean-up process to be done once the storm has cleared.
Luckily, we have Jupiter moving in to replace Mars in June to take on such a Job."
Sounds like lot in play till June! Better get used to it. More quiet, more walks, more calm cooking.
Ah, Mars and messes. Story of my life. Good to know what to blame right? 😂
Definitely relationships are up in a big way - including with my kids - and a 15 year relationship that ended. I needed better boundaries and still getting clearer on all that while my very sense of identity is moving around. (Fucker.) Fortunately when I get out of my own way, I tend to get what I need.
Kathleen, I'm so sorry you've had such challenges of late. Relationships, boundaries... I'm guessing there's some grief in there, too. This human soup is so hard to swim in sometimes. It sounds like you're coming back to the basics, though, which is always where we find relief, if not answers.
You're a magnificent creature, in case you don't know -- or have forgotten. Truly. You have such a calming presence, and so much compassion for everyone... This piece you've written is grace itself. Thank you. I hope you are bestowing that same grace upon yourself right now. xoxox
P.S. Having read Dr. Emoto's work decades ago, it somehow still took me until now to fill a huge mason jar with water, write LOVE on the outside of it, and set it in the sun every day. I drink from it all the time now. I swear it's working some magic.
Did you get Isaac's personalized report? I just ordered it. I think I can use all the stellar advice I can get--and that includes our own Australian wombat.
Is that a significant other who became less significant and more other? Things are really piling on for you. When it pours, it pours.
Yes I got the MM report, not the Wholesome Astrology - which I will do at some point. This is a great precursor - I can better familiarize myself before that bigger dive in.
Re Significant other - Exactly that. Shifting broader relationships with friends as well. Not to mention all the stuff he took care of - practical bits. Overall though, despite the losses, less frustration and. It's one thing not to be 'seen' when you are alone and quite another in front of someone. :-) I know you can relate.
Still would have been good if we could have repositioned in some way rather than split. I know that's hard. Maybe unreasonable. I could be his friend, he didn't see that option.
And larger issue - middle-son hasn't yet finished with alcohol which required me following through on our agreed-upon condition of living with me - to say no more and not let him back.
Necessary and wrenching. (I'm pretty sure death-by-firing squad would have been preferable.)
And then Michael's death, his wife and sister's grief and all that stuff.
I couldn't even hit 'like' on this, Kathleen, although you'd have known what I meant. Deep, deep sighs. This isn't just the usual rupture-and-repair of relationships, as my therapist daughter calls it.
So you've lost your two men in the house, both at the same time, and your close male friend? I can't imagine the anguish of that, especially your son. But it seems too complete to be a coincidence. And although you had some say in two of those transitions, not really, while still being true to yourself.
Your son is going to be okay, Kathleen. The consequence you imposed may be arbitrary but it's the only way to avert the natural consequences of the alternative, none of which are good. To love doesn't mean to enable. He's going to figure it out but I'm writing this with tears in my eyes. Anytime you want to talk, you have my number and full encouragement to use it.
There's some wisdom in the universe that wants you to be alone at this time. It feels similar to Margaret, although her support was wrapped up in one person. I definitely understand that feeling of being alone in a relationship, and it is better when the outside reality matches the inside.
It's hard going backwards in a relationship without resentment. Really, it's better that he couldn't. Someday, after you've both moved on emotionally, you can be friends. Not now.
And I don't know if you can get away, but I did book an AirBnB in Tampa for March 12-15. It has a bed reserved for you, just in case.
And those tasks around the house--I hope you experience the joy of finding a network of solid handymen who give you a good deal so you can be generous in return. The 'brown guy network' saved me after the divorce. It's so much easier than nagging and owing favors. I have Bernie coming today to move out a washer and dryer and take out cupboards so Mario can powerwash and stain the cement floor so Francisco can change the plumbing and gas line for the new stacked unit before Giovanni puts in new cupboards and Bernie comes back to put on a door. I'll tell you the trick to this next time we talk.
You're going to be fine, Kathleen. Like Margaret, you'll see people come out of the woodwork now that you're truly alone. It's going to be okay.
Relationships here too! What is going on? So many loses... though they are still living. Years in the making. Perhaps stars are aligning for our next upgrade and we need to shed even more?
Thank you Kathleen. January was extremely challenging for me as well. My creative well is totally dry. It feels as if I will never write another article again. Spartacus just posted after a year away. I understand this. Thanks again.
"Mercy" is the word. If there one thing I feel COMPLETELY sure of, it's the absolute, incredible, outrageously robust and beautiful PURE LOVE coming from our Creator. I completely trust that even if we die, even if we die painfully, what awaits us is MERCY. Anytime, anywhere, tappable. xo xo I've never felt this so strongly as in the past six months or so.
Your heart centered understanding is much appreciated. I need a constant reminder that even if the whole external world was ever to be in complete harmony, it wouldn’t amount to a hill of beans unless there’s a real peace within my world. And after 7 decades I’m still working on it.
The identity of the people over here in Japan, Japanese or foreign, is micromanaged by authoritarian institutions that can be so overwhelming that when you are retired, a high probability of chronic isolation sets in. But I guess there are so many 'invisible people' in most of the 'developed' world ... and some of it is by malevolent design.
Thanks again for this reminder, it doesn't have to be that way.
As for Japan and nature, I have mixed feelings. Though many Japanese claim a special relationship with nature by virtue of shamanistic Shinto sentiments, most are just as much plugged into the consumer mindset as any in the West.
And many who do claim a uniquely Japanese relationship are too cautiously self-interested to appreciate anything other than micro-managed nature in the form of parks, nature-themed holidays, or bonsai trees and gardens that symbolize wilderness rather than embrace the real thing. You don't see much of a back-to-the-land homesteading movement here, and camping has morphed into 'glamping' (glamor camping), complete with all the creature comforts of home through clever outdoor gadgets and camping cars. By circumstance, I have been a bit guilty of that too.
I guess part of it comes from centuries of living in the geological ring of fire and the steady stream of floods and typhoons. And then, there are the unnatural disasters that come with any 'developed' nation ... the fallout from 'great houses' struggling to win a constant Game of Thrones.
But I am thankful for a few hold-outs, many fishermen here being among them. All in all, the media tends to push North America, the Antipodes, and sub-Saharan Africa as havens for the experience of nature still untamed. It's not so different from the couch potatoes in the States, getting their fix by flipping on the "Discovery" channel. 😂
Thanks for that astute insight which makes perfect sense.
We are such malleable and easy-to-direct creatures, aren't we?
I like to think under pressure, and with illusions popping, we'll find our way back into something more real. My sense is once we spend enough time immersed in Nature, it wakes something up in us and we start to notice a difference in how we feel. So a show won't cut it. We want to be in it. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
Malleable indeed. Particularly during what the corporate nation-state considers our 'productive' years. But maybe only during those years.
For most of us, birth and death, romance and heartbreak, the tiny moments of joy or depths of despair are yet to be digitally granularized, commodified, and controlled. But that doesn't keep the sociopaths from trying.
Only by virtue of their narcissistic self-conceit, those petty god-kings have rebranded themselves as "Transhumanist." They might as well call themselves "Transnaturalists".
Ha.
"Quasihumanists" at best, a mere meme in the making.
Allergic to nature.
Allergic to the divine.
By definition, they contain the seeds of their own self-destruction.
But thinking of the nature of sociopathy, I guess those Cluster B types have always been a small but pernicious part of our collective gene pool. We are stuck in a perpetual game of whack-a-mole.
Would MUCH rather be stuck with guacamole and chips. 😂
Welcome back, Kathleen. I've missed you. Thanks for this very positive message.
I have to say, it definitely matters to me who YOU are.
It is hard to maintain one's equilibrium in the midst of all that's going on, especially when you become aware of something really sinister. Then I wonder, "how am I supposed to process something like this?" Is it better to know, or not to know? And yes, I have been aware of all the co-opting of those things that we once found meaningful and gave us a sense of purpose. These lousy rotten scoundrels want to strip us of all that "mattered" to us. But you're right! They can't take the LOVE away. NO, no, They can't take that away from us!! (good old song) xox
Thanks for writing this! Been going through a tough time too and at one point I remembered to turn on the gratitude lamp and shining it inside my heart 💛 … it works!
January was difficult for me also. But something weird kept happening. An inner voice kept saying “Express gratitude”. And here your article and Barbara’s this morning reinforce that. Actually gratitude appeared as a continuous wisper after hurricane Helene. Initially I took it literally and did consciously say thank you. But now I realize it’s much more than that. Linked to the heart field. Projected. Affecting others in thoughts and actions.
Yes that inner voice has some awesome connections. I realize now how my educational indoctrination and career suppressed that voice and intuition. I’m slowly recovering. Recognizing gratitude had to be reaffirmed from many directions. But something was persistant. Funny when I was using the literal interpretation, I was even saying thank you to the trees, water, and insects, as well as the forest and the clear sky in general. I wondered at the time what was I missing. I’m try to understand better now that it’s been pounded into me by the universe. Must be working. Hopefully it’s working for you too. Best wishes and thanks for your clarity in writing.
"Funny when I was using the literal interpretation, I was even saying thank you to the trees, water, and insects, as well as the forest and the clear sky in general."
I do this too, without thinking about it. It makes perfect sense, since we are all interwoven.
Heartmath is a good source for the science piece of this. They have been doing global experiments on the effects of gratitude. We can actually change the planet via our frequencies.
Gregg Braden has a lot of videos on short gratitude practices, as does Joe Dispenza. Plenty of others too.
Thanks for the references. I’ve seen Braden mention it but his talks seem pretty high level. I’m more in the weeds sciencey. I want to understand the energy flows both in and out of this materium. Some say you don’t need that understanding to benefit and they’re probably right. Just a me thing.
And I haven't even read Barbara's yet. Thanks for this reminder. I've been feeling unmoored myself, and I think that gratitude is what I need to find my anchor.
I did read Mary’s excellent article. I may have got that confused with Barbara. I’ll read doc Malik later. I’ve noticed it randomly in articles and comments. But with increasing frequency lately. It seems important enough to dedicate some more of my time studying.
Doc Malik does mostly interviews so useful when clearing out a laundry room, as I just was. I thought of you when I just thanked the winter daphne for letting me cut a couple of branches to bring inside. It's the most heavenly scent but only lasts about a day when cut. I recorded my last video nestled in the shrub and warned viewers that I might swoon ;-)
Sorry for everything you're going through, Kathleen. I hope Feb--the month they gave love to, since it had nothing else going for it--is kinder to you.
And from the comments I'm reading through, lots of us are having some difficulty. On the upside my Brave browser informed me I spent 42% less time on my computer. :-)
I’m so glad to hear you took January to rebalance! To have the wisdom to take a breath and come back rebalanced would benefit your readers as well, as evidenced by this beautiful and pure love piece. “All We Need Is Love,” as the Beatles say (“well, and air, and water, and food,” as my buddy says 😂 but besides that, yeah, love is everything and the most powerful force in the universe.)
Veda Austin is on Instagram and I think Facebook. She experiments by exposing photos or thoughts to a Petri dish of water then freezing it. It’s amazing what is revealed.
Ah, Kathleen it's great to see that you are weathering your storm well. I had a much milder discomfort this month also, and it's working out in a very positive way. (post at my stack) Anyway, I informed my normie wife that her defensive response patterns were getting boring. (My fault partially, as I 'ask' for push back on my sometimes outlandish speculations.) My most wonderful wife is now trying to engage at a higher level. We are all works in process and progress. My wife has her own path and I so happy to be with her despite our rather different mental landscapes.
Well, it was worth waiting for this - my favorite post from you so far, Kathleen. Wouldn't it be amazing if we could see our own and each other's fields? I don't need to see it to believe it, though. It's real, and it's magical. I love to imagine mingling mine with the Trees' when I'm out and about with them.
Loved the Albert Einstein share and all the others, too. Have I used the word "Love" too many times in this comment??
Much Love from my field to yours, Kathleen!💗💗
🥰
Dear Barbara, your comment prompted a big smile and swell of gratitude. Thank you for your kindness and for the cuppa!
I'm not surprised by the energetic mingling with trees. I know they know you. And man, some trees... big fields! 🌳
Sending LOVE back to you. 💕
XOXO You're so very welcome!
We CAN see them. Sometimes it takes a bit of practice...
Try this:
Get a friend and put 'em in a chair, with a white wall behind them, and a lamp, a bright light behind them, with the lamp itself hidden by their bodies... so you get light all around THE PERSON. Then just dim the room lights and look. You'll likely see something fairly soon, but sometimes it takes practice. Just like if you took a photo, and a highlighter, and went all the way around the person with the highlighter. It's really quite beautiful!!! And there's a LOT of variation, even just with one person, in short time periods. So cool.
Yes, I’ve done that but I mean just out and about in everyday life seeing all the auras. Lots of clairvoyants see them!
Donut worry, your clairvoyance doesn’t have to include auras. It’s maybe too much in crowds, I don’t know. I don’t see them all the time either, but I FEEL them, mostly, and I see them at certain times. You so very don’t need to SEE them, anyway! Hugs! xo xo
So sorry to read that last month was troublesome for you! You’re in good company, as it seems many Sensitive Souls are being challenged to maintain a coherent heart in the midst of discordant energies. My experience with this has been to prioritize letting go of familiar roles, attitudes and responsibilities—they seem to block the flow that wants to prepare us for whatever comes next. Thank you for sharing this timely reminder about the importance of self awareness and inner healing ❤️🩹 You’re in my prayers 🙏
Thanks, Kate. Yeah, was a tough one.
Interesting what you say below:
"My experience with this has been to prioritize letting go of familiar roles, attitudes and responsibilities—they seem to block the flow that wants to prepare us for whatever comes next. "
That's very much in the mix for me. (In addition to big losses)
Redefining / ending relationships which has not been easy and came with a lot of push-back and confusion. Understandable. New boundaries being laid down. Learning on the fly and yes - it feels essential to what is coming.
Squeezed into surrender!
Appreciate your comment and always-reliable wisdom. Best to you. ❤️
I'm wanting to hear more about that. It feels like a time of turmoil in relationships. Isaac tells me that was in the stars for me: "Keep in mind that all the Piscean Madness is happening in your 7th House, so it will mainly be experienced through your Interpersonal Relationships and Mutual Partnerships. With the South node in your 1st House of Self, that is where you are being asked to let go during this period, and in to 2026."
Maybe you too?
I have to re-read a couple more times Issac's the report to get a better handle. I want to know this celestial map better.
Here's a bit:
"This 1st-7th-10th House Double Malefic T-Square will likely be the most challenging dynamic of your March Madness Story, Mars tends to leave a bit of a mess, even at his best behaviour, and so we imagine there might be some sort of clean-up process to be done once the storm has cleared.
Luckily, we have Jupiter moving in to replace Mars in June to take on such a Job."
Sounds like lot in play till June! Better get used to it. More quiet, more walks, more calm cooking.
Ah, Mars and messes. Story of my life. Good to know what to blame right? 😂
Definitely relationships are up in a big way - including with my kids - and a 15 year relationship that ended. I needed better boundaries and still getting clearer on all that while my very sense of identity is moving around. (Fucker.) Fortunately when I get out of my own way, I tend to get what I need.
Thanks for the comment, T. Best.
Kathleen, I'm so sorry you've had such challenges of late. Relationships, boundaries... I'm guessing there's some grief in there, too. This human soup is so hard to swim in sometimes. It sounds like you're coming back to the basics, though, which is always where we find relief, if not answers.
You're a magnificent creature, in case you don't know -- or have forgotten. Truly. You have such a calming presence, and so much compassion for everyone... This piece you've written is grace itself. Thank you. I hope you are bestowing that same grace upon yourself right now. xoxox
Mary, that's so lovely of you to write.
I'm a bit overwhelmed by these gracious comments and kindnesses.
Thank you for reflecting such generosity and care.
I must be doing something right to have these wise women in my life.
😊 XOX
Every bit of it is true, and that's why we've flocked to you. You're doing so much, for all of us. Blessings, dear one! xoxox
P.S. Having read Dr. Emoto's work decades ago, it somehow still took me until now to fill a huge mason jar with water, write LOVE on the outside of it, and set it in the sun every day. I drink from it all the time now. I swear it's working some magic.
Me too! Back then I was all over it and then... forgot.
I've been better about blessing my water before I drink it, but
what a great idea. I will do the same. :-) Add the sun-kissed part to it as well.
Did you get Isaac's personalized report? I just ordered it. I think I can use all the stellar advice I can get--and that includes our own Australian wombat.
Is that a significant other who became less significant and more other? Things are really piling on for you. When it pours, it pours.
Yes I got the MM report, not the Wholesome Astrology - which I will do at some point. This is a great precursor - I can better familiarize myself before that bigger dive in.
Re Significant other - Exactly that. Shifting broader relationships with friends as well. Not to mention all the stuff he took care of - practical bits. Overall though, despite the losses, less frustration and. It's one thing not to be 'seen' when you are alone and quite another in front of someone. :-) I know you can relate.
Still would have been good if we could have repositioned in some way rather than split. I know that's hard. Maybe unreasonable. I could be his friend, he didn't see that option.
And larger issue - middle-son hasn't yet finished with alcohol which required me following through on our agreed-upon condition of living with me - to say no more and not let him back.
Necessary and wrenching. (I'm pretty sure death-by-firing squad would have been preferable.)
And then Michael's death, his wife and sister's grief and all that stuff.
Life.
Hugs coming atcha. Life IS hard. And look what Extreme Stuff we're in right now...
I keep hearing "Courage!" "Be brave!" from my... whatever it is. ;) My inner dog? woof!
I couldn't even hit 'like' on this, Kathleen, although you'd have known what I meant. Deep, deep sighs. This isn't just the usual rupture-and-repair of relationships, as my therapist daughter calls it.
So you've lost your two men in the house, both at the same time, and your close male friend? I can't imagine the anguish of that, especially your son. But it seems too complete to be a coincidence. And although you had some say in two of those transitions, not really, while still being true to yourself.
Your son is going to be okay, Kathleen. The consequence you imposed may be arbitrary but it's the only way to avert the natural consequences of the alternative, none of which are good. To love doesn't mean to enable. He's going to figure it out but I'm writing this with tears in my eyes. Anytime you want to talk, you have my number and full encouragement to use it.
There's some wisdom in the universe that wants you to be alone at this time. It feels similar to Margaret, although her support was wrapped up in one person. I definitely understand that feeling of being alone in a relationship, and it is better when the outside reality matches the inside.
It's hard going backwards in a relationship without resentment. Really, it's better that he couldn't. Someday, after you've both moved on emotionally, you can be friends. Not now.
And I don't know if you can get away, but I did book an AirBnB in Tampa for March 12-15. It has a bed reserved for you, just in case.
And those tasks around the house--I hope you experience the joy of finding a network of solid handymen who give you a good deal so you can be generous in return. The 'brown guy network' saved me after the divorce. It's so much easier than nagging and owing favors. I have Bernie coming today to move out a washer and dryer and take out cupboards so Mario can powerwash and stain the cement floor so Francisco can change the plumbing and gas line for the new stacked unit before Giovanni puts in new cupboards and Bernie comes back to put on a door. I'll tell you the trick to this next time we talk.
You're going to be fine, Kathleen. Like Margaret, you'll see people come out of the woodwork now that you're truly alone. It's going to be okay.
Relationships here too! What is going on? So many loses... though they are still living. Years in the making. Perhaps stars are aligning for our next upgrade and we need to shed even more?
I definitely think more shedding is coming and more upgrades too. Lots of reconfigurations going on. Nature helps.
Thanks for reading/commenting, Kat Bro. I hope you're well. :-)
Thank you Kathleen. January was extremely challenging for me as well. My creative well is totally dry. It feels as if I will never write another article again. Spartacus just posted after a year away. I understand this. Thanks again.
"January was extremely challenging for me as well."
Sorry to hear that Excess, does seem to be a theme. I saw the recent Spartacus too.
We're retooling on the inside I think. Getting ready maybe for this next phase?
Feels like something deeper needs to be trusted. But man, it can be a bitch.
I have no doubt your well will fill back up and your light will grow and shine.
Very best to you.
It was for me, too! Especially just toward the end of it, but yeah.
It's much better today.
I'm glad to hear.💕
I can so identify. Just this morning I asked Spirit to help me start writing again. Thank you to you and Kathleen.
Thanks, Sheila.
It does feel we're at the mercy of things we don't understand - but are being asked to trust. We'll get through. 💕
"Mercy" is the word. If there one thing I feel COMPLETELY sure of, it's the absolute, incredible, outrageously robust and beautiful PURE LOVE coming from our Creator. I completely trust that even if we die, even if we die painfully, what awaits us is MERCY. Anytime, anywhere, tappable. xo xo I've never felt this so strongly as in the past six months or so.
💯Couldn't agree more.
Thank you Sheila. It is upsetting when the well is dry, but I always trust there is a reason why.
Yes. And trusting that that the creative waters will flow again. It is comforting, though,
to know that others have been going through the same thing.
Sending light and love to you and all of us.
Sending a biggo hug to you, and to Spartacus. xo xo
Your heart centered understanding is much appreciated. I need a constant reminder that even if the whole external world was ever to be in complete harmony, it wouldn’t amount to a hill of beans unless there’s a real peace within my world. And after 7 decades I’m still working on it.
Thanks, Jeff. Great comment.
I need the ongoing reminders too, and 6 decades in, also still learning, unlearning, learning again. :-)
Best.
Glad to hear from you again Kathleen.
The identity of the people over here in Japan, Japanese or foreign, is micromanaged by authoritarian institutions that can be so overwhelming that when you are retired, a high probability of chronic isolation sets in. But I guess there are so many 'invisible people' in most of the 'developed' world ... and some of it is by malevolent design.
Thanks again for this reminder, it doesn't have to be that way.
I see a lot of that chronic isolation around here too. I see I could easily fall into it myself.
At least Japan does seem to revere nature and put it in a more central place in their lives. At least that's my impression. Would you agree?
And no, it doesn't have to be that way. Best to you, Steve. Thanks for reading/commenting.
Thanks for the thanks!
As for Japan and nature, I have mixed feelings. Though many Japanese claim a special relationship with nature by virtue of shamanistic Shinto sentiments, most are just as much plugged into the consumer mindset as any in the West.
And many who do claim a uniquely Japanese relationship are too cautiously self-interested to appreciate anything other than micro-managed nature in the form of parks, nature-themed holidays, or bonsai trees and gardens that symbolize wilderness rather than embrace the real thing. You don't see much of a back-to-the-land homesteading movement here, and camping has morphed into 'glamping' (glamor camping), complete with all the creature comforts of home through clever outdoor gadgets and camping cars. By circumstance, I have been a bit guilty of that too.
I guess part of it comes from centuries of living in the geological ring of fire and the steady stream of floods and typhoons. And then, there are the unnatural disasters that come with any 'developed' nation ... the fallout from 'great houses' struggling to win a constant Game of Thrones.
But I am thankful for a few hold-outs, many fishermen here being among them. All in all, the media tends to push North America, the Antipodes, and sub-Saharan Africa as havens for the experience of nature still untamed. It's not so different from the couch potatoes in the States, getting their fix by flipping on the "Discovery" channel. 😂
Cheer Kathleen!
Thanks for that astute insight which makes perfect sense.
We are such malleable and easy-to-direct creatures, aren't we?
I like to think under pressure, and with illusions popping, we'll find our way back into something more real. My sense is once we spend enough time immersed in Nature, it wakes something up in us and we start to notice a difference in how we feel. So a show won't cut it. We want to be in it. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
I suspect we'll find out.
Cheers, Steve.
Malleable indeed. Particularly during what the corporate nation-state considers our 'productive' years. But maybe only during those years.
For most of us, birth and death, romance and heartbreak, the tiny moments of joy or depths of despair are yet to be digitally granularized, commodified, and controlled. But that doesn't keep the sociopaths from trying.
Only by virtue of their narcissistic self-conceit, those petty god-kings have rebranded themselves as "Transhumanist." They might as well call themselves "Transnaturalists".
Ha.
"Quasihumanists" at best, a mere meme in the making.
Allergic to nature.
Allergic to the divine.
By definition, they contain the seeds of their own self-destruction.
Oooo, it's cold outside.
Time to feed the neighborhood cat.
🙃
Cheers, Kathleen!
Love this comment, Steve.
And especially the conclusion.
"By definition, they contain the seeds of their own self-destruction."
Amen to that. (And now, would be good.)
The sooner the better.
But thinking of the nature of sociopathy, I guess those Cluster B types have always been a small but pernicious part of our collective gene pool. We are stuck in a perpetual game of whack-a-mole.
Would MUCH rather be stuck with guacamole and chips. 😂
Welcome back, Kathleen. I've missed you. Thanks for this very positive message.
I have to say, it definitely matters to me who YOU are.
It is hard to maintain one's equilibrium in the midst of all that's going on, especially when you become aware of something really sinister. Then I wonder, "how am I supposed to process something like this?" Is it better to know, or not to know? And yes, I have been aware of all the co-opting of those things that we once found meaningful and gave us a sense of purpose. These lousy rotten scoundrels want to strip us of all that "mattered" to us. But you're right! They can't take the LOVE away. NO, no, They can't take that away from us!! (good old song) xox
lol! Well said, Ronnie.
"But you're right! They can't take the LOVE away. NO, no, They can't take that away from us!! (good old song) xox"
Fortunately those lousy rotten scoundrels are shedding along with the fake-world they installed. Love is their krytonite. We've got that in abundance.
Thank you for the kind words and reading. Love vibes coming your way. XOX
Thanks for writing this! Been going through a tough time too and at one point I remembered to turn on the gratitude lamp and shining it inside my heart 💛 … it works!
Wow, must admit I feel better - sorry to say - reading how this is an experience others are having!
Gratitude really does work!! So good to read that. Thank you, SF. Very best to you.
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January was difficult for me also. But something weird kept happening. An inner voice kept saying “Express gratitude”. And here your article and Barbara’s this morning reinforce that. Actually gratitude appeared as a continuous wisper after hurricane Helene. Initially I took it literally and did consciously say thank you. But now I realize it’s much more than that. Linked to the heart field. Projected. Affecting others in thoughts and actions.
I love this comment, Mike!
And that inner voice. Been working with that lately, finding more quiet time to listen to it.
Yeah, it gives good advice. Thanks for sharing that.
Yes that inner voice has some awesome connections. I realize now how my educational indoctrination and career suppressed that voice and intuition. I’m slowly recovering. Recognizing gratitude had to be reaffirmed from many directions. But something was persistant. Funny when I was using the literal interpretation, I was even saying thank you to the trees, water, and insects, as well as the forest and the clear sky in general. I wondered at the time what was I missing. I’m try to understand better now that it’s been pounded into me by the universe. Must be working. Hopefully it’s working for you too. Best wishes and thanks for your clarity in writing.
"Funny when I was using the literal interpretation, I was even saying thank you to the trees, water, and insects, as well as the forest and the clear sky in general."
I do this too, without thinking about it. It makes perfect sense, since we are all interwoven.
Heartmath is a good source for the science piece of this. They have been doing global experiments on the effects of gratitude. We can actually change the planet via our frequencies.
Gregg Braden has a lot of videos on short gratitude practices, as does Joe Dispenza. Plenty of others too.
Thanks, Mike.
Thanks for the references. I’ve seen Braden mention it but his talks seem pretty high level. I’m more in the weeds sciencey. I want to understand the energy flows both in and out of this materium. Some say you don’t need that understanding to benefit and they’re probably right. Just a me thing.
Heartmath definitely for you then! They get into the weeds.
You're the third person, Mike, to talk about gratitude today. One was Ross Ulbricht, quoted by Mary McLaughlin, on how he survived solitary confinement for life w/o parole: https://marypoindextermclaughlin.substack.com/p/deus-ex-machina.
The second was a guy named Danny interviewed by Doc Malik. They're talking about plant medicine journeys, and what they brought out of them that transformed their lives: https://docmalik.substack.com/p/290-dear-danny-a-man-with-an-awesome.
And I haven't even read Barbara's yet. Thanks for this reminder. I've been feeling unmoored myself, and I think that gratitude is what I need to find my anchor.
I did read Mary’s excellent article. I may have got that confused with Barbara. I’ll read doc Malik later. I’ve noticed it randomly in articles and comments. But with increasing frequency lately. It seems important enough to dedicate some more of my time studying.
Doc Malik does mostly interviews so useful when clearing out a laundry room, as I just was. I thought of you when I just thanked the winter daphne for letting me cut a couple of branches to bring inside. It's the most heavenly scent but only lasts about a day when cut. I recorded my last video nestled in the shrub and warned viewers that I might swoon ;-)
Sorry for everything you're going through, Kathleen. I hope Feb--the month they gave love to, since it had nothing else going for it--is kinder to you.
ha! Me too!
And from the comments I'm reading through, lots of us are having some difficulty. On the upside my Brave browser informed me I spent 42% less time on my computer. :-)
Thanks, T. Hope things are super good with you.
I’m so glad to hear you took January to rebalance! To have the wisdom to take a breath and come back rebalanced would benefit your readers as well, as evidenced by this beautiful and pure love piece. “All We Need Is Love,” as the Beatles say (“well, and air, and water, and food,” as my buddy says 😂 but besides that, yeah, love is everything and the most powerful force in the universe.)
Thanks Tonika - I hope it proves so, would like to get back in a more consistent writing groove. 💖
Speaking of which, loved your latest.
Sending good vibes your way.
So glad to hear from you today. I always appreciate your words and insights. God bless you and yours.♥♥♥
Thanks, SadieJay! Blessing back to you and yours, friend. 💖
A very important reminder, and I'm grateful for it!
😘 Thanks for reading, Joanie. Hope you're well.
Thank you, Kathleen, and bless your heart!! You don't have to make anything up, and if you do, you just did.
This is so Right On and so lovely...
And THIS might make you LOL--
I was reading through and I saw this bit: "So much easier to remember the ripple effects."
But my EYES told me: "So much easier to remember the nipple effects."
heeeheheheheeeeheheheheeee Love ya. ^_^
lol!
Love back to you.
Veda Austin is on Instagram and I think Facebook. She experiments by exposing photos or thoughts to a Petri dish of water then freezing it. It’s amazing what is revealed.
Thanks, Diane, I will take a look.
Appreciate the comment. Best.
Well said.
Thank you David! Haven't 'seen' you around lately. Hope all is well.
Everything good, just enjoying life until my time comes. Then hope to enjoy that as well.
Ah, Kathleen it's great to see that you are weathering your storm well. I had a much milder discomfort this month also, and it's working out in a very positive way. (post at my stack) Anyway, I informed my normie wife that her defensive response patterns were getting boring. (My fault partially, as I 'ask' for push back on my sometimes outlandish speculations.) My most wonderful wife is now trying to engage at a higher level. We are all works in process and progress. My wife has her own path and I so happy to be with her despite our rather different mental landscapes.